1976-01-17

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	1	1	Newcastle United	Villa Park	36,387
Mahoney OG	Lineups		Gowling
Burnley	1	2	Derby County	Turf Moor	21,088
Fletcher	Lineups		George, James
Everton	1	1	Norwich City	Goodison Park	23,164
Dobson	Lineups		Boyer
Ipswich Town	1	1	Coventry City	Portman Road	23,543
Osborne	Lineups		Murphy
Leicester City	2	1	Arsenal	Filbert Street	21,331
Alderson, Lee	Lineups		Ross
Manchester City	3	0	West Ham United	Maine Road	32,147
Royle 2, Oakes	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	2	1	Birmingham City	Loftus Road	16,759
Masson 2	Lineups		Francis
Sheffield United	0	0	Liverpool	Bramall Lane	31,255
	Lineups
Stoke City	1	0	Middlesbrough	Vale Park	21,009	*
Moores	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Manchester United	White Hart Lane	49,189	Largest home gate 1975-76
Duncan	Lineups		Hill
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Leeds United	Molineux	34,925
Gould	Lineups		McAlle OG
Notes
Venue switched after storm damage. Roof blown off main stand at Victoria Ground
Footnotes
Played at Vale Park. After storm damage at Victoria Ground

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Manchester United	26	10	2	0	22	7	5	4	5	19	17	1.708	36	D	W	W	D	W	1976-01-31	Birmingham City	H
2	0	Leeds United	25	10	1	2	28	9	5	4	3	17	14	1.957	35	D	W	W	W	W	1976-01-31	Norwich City	H
3	0	Liverpool	26	8	5	1	28	16	4	6	2	12	7	1.739	35	D	D	W	D	W	1976-01-31	West Ham United	A
4	0	Derby County	26	11	0	2	29	20	3	6	4	12	14	1.206	34	W	L	W	L	W	1976-01-31	Coventry City	H
5	0	Queens Park Rangers	26	10	4	0	22	6	1	6	5	12	15	1.619	32	W	L	L	W	L	1976-01-24	West Ham United	A
6	2	Manchester City	26	8	5	1	27	8	2	4	6	14	16	1.708	29	W	L	L	L	D	1976-01-31	Leicester City	A
7	3	Stoke City	26	6	4	3	18	15	5	3	5	14	15	1.067	29	W	L	D	D	L	1976-01-31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
8	-2	West Ham United	25	9	2	2	20	11	3	3	6	16	23	1.059	29	L	D	L	L	W	1976-01-24	Queens Park Rangers	H
9	-2	Middlesbrough	26	6	5	1	12	2	4	3	7	14	20	1.182	28	L	W	D	D	W	1976-01-31	Newcastle United	H
10	-1	Ipswich Town	26	6	5	2	19	13	2	7	4	12	14	1.148	28	D	D	W	W	D	1976-01-31	Tottenham Hotspur	H
11	0	Everton	26	5	6	1	23	14	4	4	6	19	33	0.894	28	D	L	D	D	W	1976-01-31	Burnley	H
12	0	Newcastle United	26	7	4	1	33	10	3	2	9	13	24	1.353	26	D	W	D	W	D	1976-01-31	Middlesbrough	A
13	0	Aston Villa	26	8	4	1	26	12	0	5	8	6	23	0.914	25	D	D	L	W	L	1976-01-31	Queens Park Rangers	H
14	0	Coventry City	26	4	5	4	13	14	4	4	5	15	21	0.8	25	D	W	D	W	L	1976-01-31	Derby County	A
15	1	Leicester City	26	5	6	2	20	18	1	7	5	9	19	0.784	25	W	D	L	W	L	1976-01-31	Manchester City	H
16	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	26	3	7	3	17	21	3	5	5	19	21	0.857	24	D	W	D	L	L	1976-01-31	Ipswich Town	A
17	0	Norwich City	26	6	4	3	21	14	2	3	8	16	27	0.902	23	D	W	D	L	D	1976-01-31	Leeds United	A
18	0	Arsenal	26	6	3	4	21	13	1	4	8	9	20	0.909	21	L	D	W	L	W	1976-01-31	Sheffield United	H
19	0	Birmingham City	26	6	3	4	21	18	1	1	11	15	33	0.706	18	L	L	D	W	W	1976-01-31	Manchester United	A
20	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	3	5	6	13	16	2	2	8	13	23	0.667	17	D	W	D	L	L	1976-01-31	Stoke City	H
21	0	Burnley	26	3	4	5	14	16	1	3	10	11	26	0.595	15	L	L	L	L	L	1976-01-31	Everton	A
22	0	Sheffield United	26	1	4	8	10	22	0	2	11	8	32	0.333	8	D	L	D	D	L	1976-01-31	Arsenal	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol City	1	0	Blackburn Rovers	Ashton Gate	12,168
Mann	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	2	Notts County	Brunton Park	7,654
Martin	Lineups		Bradd, Vinter
Charlton Athletic	3	0	Bristol Rovers	The Valley	8,602
Hope, Hales 2	Lineups
Fulham	1	1	Oxford United	Craven Cottage	6,783
Mitchell	Lineups		Foley
Luton Town	3	1	Portsmouth	Kenilworth Road	10,464
Faulkner, King, Futcher R	Lineups		Piper
Nottingham Forest	1	3	Chelsea	City Ground	14,172
Bowyer	Lineups		Wilkins R, Garner, Hutchinson
Oldham Athletic	1	0	Blackpool	Boundary Park	11,730
Blair	Lineups
Orient	1	0	Hull City	Brisbane Road	3,876
Cunningham	Lineups
Southampton	0	0	Bolton Wanderers	The Dell	20,363
	Lineups
Sunderland	2	1	Plymouth Argyle	Roker Park	29,737
Holden, Kerr	Lineups		Mariner
York City	0	1	West Bromwich Albion	Bootham Crescent	6,224
	Lineups		Brown A

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Sunderland	26	13	1	0	32	7	3	3	6	9	15	1.864	36	W	D	L	W	L	1976-02-07	Fulham	A
2	1	Bristol City	26	8	4	1	25	7	5	4	4	18	16	1.87	34	W	D	W	D	L	1976-01-24	Plymouth Argyle	A
3	-1	Bolton Wanderers	25	7	3	1	22	8	6	5	3	19	16	1.708	34	D	W	L	W	W	1976-01-27	Luton Town	H
4	0	Notts County	26	8	4	1	22	5	5	2	6	14	18	1.565	32	W	W	W	L	W	1976-02-07	Plymouth Argyle	A
5	1	West Bromwich Albion	26	4	7	1	12	8	6	3	5	13	16	1.042	30	W	D	D	W	L	1976-01-31	Chelsea	A
6	1	Oldham Athletic	26	10	3	1	25	14	2	3	7	13	24	1	30	W	W	L	W	L	1976-01-31	Southampton	A
7	-2	Southampton	24	11	1	1	31	8	2	2	7	12	21	1.483	29	D	W	W	W	W	1976-01-28	Blackburn Rovers	A
8	0	Luton Town	25	8	3	2	23	11	4	2	6	14	15	1.423	29	W	W	W	W	W	1976-01-27	Bolton Wanderers	A
9	0	Bristol Rovers	26	5	5	3	14	11	3	6	4	12	15	1	27	L	W	L	L	W	1976-01-31	Portsmouth	H
10	0	Fulham	25	5	5	3	19	11	4	3	5	12	16	1.148	26	D	L	L	W	D	1976-01-31	Carlisle United	A
11	3	Orient	25	7	4	2	14	7	1	5	6	8	16	0.957	25	W	L	D	W	D	1976-02-14	Bristol City	H
12	3	Chelsea	26	5	4	3	16	12	4	3	7	16	23	0.914	25	W	L	L	L	W	1976-01-31	West Bromwich Albion	H
13	-2	Blackpool	26	5	5	3	15	16	4	2	7	9	13	0.828	25	L	W	D	L	D	1976-01-31	Hull City	H
14	-2	Plymouth Argyle	26	9	2	2	25	12	0	4	9	8	22	0.971	24	L	W	W	D	W	1976-01-24	Bristol City	H
15	-2	Nottingham Forest	26	5	1	7	15	14	3	6	4	13	13	1.037	23	L	L	W	L	L	1976-01-31	Luton Town	A
16	2	Charlton Athletic	25	6	1	4	20	16	3	4	7	12	25	0.78	23	W	L	W	L	L	1976-01-31	York City	H
17	-1	Carlisle United	26	6	4	3	15	12	2	3	8	8	20	0.719	23	L	L	W	W	D	1976-01-31	Fulham	H
18	-1	Hull City	26	6	3	5	18	14	3	1	8	9	19	0.818	22	L	W	L	L	L	1976-01-31	Blackpool	A
19	0	Blackburn Rovers	25	3	5	5	12	14	2	5	5	10	15	0.759	20	L	L	L	D	L	1976-01-28	Southampton	H
20	0	Oxford United	26	3	4	6	13	17	2	4	7	12	20	0.676	18	D	D	L	L	D	1976-02-07	Chelsea	H
21	0	York City	26	4	1	7	13	20	1	4	9	6	24	0.432	15	L	L	D	W	W	1976-01-31	Charlton Athletic	A
22	0	Portsmouth	26	1	5	7	6	14	3	1	9	11	25	0.436	14	L	W	L	W	L	1976-01-31	Bristol Rovers	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	6	0	Colchester United	Goldstone Ground	16,302
Mellor, Rollings, Binney 2, Fell 2	Lineups
Bury	1	1	Walsall	Gigg Lane	8,068
Rowland	Lineups		Andrews
Crystal Palace	1	1	Shrewsbury Town	Selhurst Park	16,531
Johnson J	Lineups		Durban
Grimsby Town	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Blundell Park	7,167
Wigg	Lineups		Wylde
Halifax Town	1	1	Cardiff City	The Shay	2,399
Phelan	Lineups		England
Hereford United	4	2	Chesterfield	Edgar Street	5,999
Hunter OG, Layton, McNeil 2	Lineups		Bailey, Shanahan
Mansfield Town	1	1	Gillingham	Field Mill	5,939
Shipperley OG	Lineups		Westwood
Peterborough United	3	0	Chester	London Road	8,674
Cozens, Delgado OG, Robson	Lineups
Preston North End	1	0	Aldershot	Deepdale	6,326
Earls OG	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	1	Port Vale	County Ground	5,730
McLaughlin, Syrett	Lineups		Brownbill
Wrexham	3	0	Rotherham United	Racecourse Ground	2,897
Lee, Ashcroft, Whittle	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Crystal Palace	26	5	5	3	20	12	8	3	2	21	10	1.864	34	D	W	L	L	L	1976-01-31	Hereford United	A
2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	24	10	0	2	35	9	4	2	6	14	17	1.885	30	W	W	W	L	L	1976-01-24	Chester	A
3	1	Peterborough United	25	8	4	1	26	11	2	6	4	17	22	1.303	30	W	W	L	L	D	1976-01-31	Preston North End	H
4	-2	Walsall	27	7	5	2	22	12	4	3	6	16	22	1.118	30	D	W	W	D	W	1976-01-24	Preston North End	H
5	0	Hereford United	22	6	3	2	19	13	6	2	3	19	16	1.31	29	W	W	L	L	W	1976-01-24	Colchester United	A
6	1	Cardiff City	24	7	3	2	23	9	3	3	6	15	20	1.31	26	D	L	W	L	W	1976-01-20	Mansfield Town	H
7	1	Bury	24	6	4	2	17	6	2	6	4	11	16	1.273	26	D	D	L	D	W	1976-01-31	Swindon Town	A
8	4	Wrexham	25	7	4	1	18	8	3	2	8	13	21	1.069	26	W	D	D	D	D	1976-01-24	Gillingham	A
9	2	Preston North End	24	7	2	2	19	12	3	4	6	11	17	1.034	26	W	W	L	L	D	1976-01-24	Walsall	A
10	-4	Millwall	25	7	4	1	17	10	1	6	6	12	22	0.906	26	D	W	D	D	D	1976-01-24	Grimsby Town	H
11	-2	Port Vale	25	7	4	2	19	10	2	3	7	13	17	1.185	25	L	W	L	W	W	1976-01-24	Chesterfield	A
12	-2	Shrewsbury Town	23	8	0	4	22	16	2	5	4	11	15	1.065	25	D	W	W	L	W	1976-01-24	Halifax Town	H
13	2	Gillingham	24	6	5	2	22	15	1	5	5	9	17	0.969	24	D	W	W	W	D	1976-01-24	Wrexham	H
14	-1	Rotherham United	25	6	3	3	18	13	3	3	7	11	21	0.853	24	L	L	W	L	L	1976-01-31	Colchester United	H
15	1	Grimsby Town	25	9	4	0	27	11	1	0	11	11	34	0.844	24	D	L	W	L	W	1976-01-24	Millwall	A
16	-2	Chester	24	6	5	2	18	11	2	3	6	7	22	0.758	24	L	D	W	D	W	1976-01-24	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
17	0	Aldershot	24	6	5	2	20	15	1	3	7	12	24	0.821	22	L	D	L	W	L	1976-01-31	Cardiff City	A
18	0	Halifax Town	24	3	2	6	14	18	4	6	3	13	16	0.794	22	D	L	W	L	W	1976-01-24	Shrewsbury Town	A
19	0	Colchester United	26	5	3	4	9	10	2	4	8	11	29	0.513	21	L	L	L	W	L	1976-01-24	Hereford United	H
20	0	Chesterfield	25	5	4	4	27	18	2	2	8	11	24	0.905	20	L	D	L	L	W	1976-01-24	Port Vale	H
21	0	Southend United	22	5	3	3	23	16	2	2	7	12	20	0.972	19	D	L	W	W	L	1976-01-26	Hereford United	H
22	0	Sheffield Wednesday	24	4	6	2	19	14	0	5	7	9	18	0.875	19	D	L	D	D	D	1976-01-24	Swindon Town	H
23	0	Swindon Town	24	6	1	4	21	14	1	2	10	8	29	0.674	17	W	L	D	W	L	1976-01-24	Sheffield Wednesday	A
24	0	Mansfield Town	23	3	4	4	16	15	1	3	8	11	22	0.73	15	D	D	W	D	L	1976-01-20	Cardiff City	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	Oakwell	2,813
James OG	Lineups
Bradford City	3	0	Rochdale	Valley Parade	3,059
Hutchins, Cooke, Ingram	Lineups
Darlington	0	0	Crewe Alexandra	Feethams Ground	1,497
	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	1	2	Watford	Belle Vue	5,845
Kitchen	Lineups		Horsfield 2
Exeter City	0	0	Lincoln City	St James Park	3,858
	Lineups
Hartlepool	0	0	Southport	Victoria Park	2,953
	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Cambridge United	Leeds Road	5,195
Smith, Hart	Lineups
Newport County	3	1	AFC Bournemouth	Somerton Park	1,473
Morgan OG, Parsons, White	Lineups		Payne
Reading	1	0	Workington	Elm Park	7,376
Friday	Lineups
Torquay United	1	0	Scunthorpe United	Plainmoor	2,934
Brown	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Lincoln City	24	11	1	0	35	10	7	3	2	23	14	2.417	40	D	W	W	W	W	1976-01-31	Cambridge United	H
2	0	Northampton Town	26	11	1	0	29	7	6	4	4	13	12	2.211	39	D	W	L	W	L	1976-01-24	Darlington	H
3	0	Reading	26	13	0	0	26	5	4	5	4	19	20	1.8	39	W	W	W	D	W	1976-01-24	Watford	A
4	0	Tranmere Rovers	26	11	2	0	39	6	3	3	7	18	25	1.839	33	L	D	W	W	L	1976-01-31	Southport	A
5	0	AFC Bournemouth	25	9	2	2	22	8	3	3	6	11	13	1.571	29	L	W	L	L	W	1976-01-24	Stockport County	H
6	0	Huddersfield Town	23	6	2	3	13	8	6	3	3	15	13	1.333	29	W	W	W	L	L	1976-01-27	Crewe Alexandra	H
7	3	Newport County	25	7	4	1	24	14	4	2	7	18	29	0.977	28	W	W	L	L	D	1976-01-24	Southport	A
8	-1	Cambridge United	26	5	5	3	19	15	5	2	6	12	15	1.033	27	L	W	W	W	L	1976-01-24	Exeter City	H
9	0	Exeter City	27	6	5	2	15	7	3	4	7	13	21	1	27	D	D	W	L	D	1976-01-24	Cambridge United	A
10	4	Torquay United	25	8	2	3	15	10	4	1	7	14	30	0.725	27	W	D	W	W	L	1976-01-24	Rochdale	A
11	-3	Doncaster Rovers	25	6	2	4	27	17	5	2	6	19	21	1.211	26	L	W	L	L	L	1976-01-20	Rochdale	H
12	-1	Crewe Alexandra	25	7	3	3	21	12	1	7	4	14	19	1.129	26	D	L	L	L	D	1976-01-23	Barnsley	H
13	0	Hartlepool United	25	6	3	4	22	15	4	3	5	15	20	1.057	26	D	L	W	W	D	1976-01-30	Stockport County	A
14	-2	Swansea City	25	9	4	0	28	9	0	3	9	7	23	1.094	25	D	L	W	L	W	1976-01-24	Workington	A
15	0	Brentford	24	8	3	1	25	10	1	3	8	10	25	1	24	L	D	D	D	W	1976-01-24	Doncaster Rovers	H
16	2	Watford	26	8	2	2	19	11	2	1	11	10	28	0.744	23	W	W	L	W	L	1976-01-24	Reading	H
17	-1	Stockport County	26	5	4	6	15	14	3	3	5	9	22	0.667	23	W	W	L	L	W	1976-01-24	AFC Bournemouth	A
18	1	Bradford City	25	6	3	4	20	13	2	3	7	13	21	0.971	22	W	W	L	W	D	1976-01-30	Doncaster Rovers	A
19	-2	Rochdale	23	5	4	2	16	12	3	2	7	7	16	0.821	22	L	W	L	D	L	1976-01-20	Doncaster Rovers	A
20	1	Barnsley	25	6	5	2	17	11	0	3	9	4	19	0.7	20	W	L	W	L	W	1976-01-23	Crewe Alexandra	A
21	-1	Darlington	26	5	5	3	12	7	2	1	10	7	23	0.633	20	D	L	W	L	W	1976-01-24	Northampton Town	A
22	0	Scunthorpe United	26	4	1	7	13	15	1	2	11	5	21	0.5	13	L	L	L	W	D	1976-02-07	Cambridge United	A
23	0	Workington	25	4	0	8	11	21	0	2	11	3	27	0.292	10	L	L	L	L	L	1976-01-24	Swansea City	H
24	0	Southport	25	0	3	10	13	27	1	1	10	5	19	0.391	6	D	L	L	L	L	1976-01-24	Newport County	H